New England Distribution

Non-native: introduced
(intentionally or
unintentionally); has become naturalized.

County documented: documented
to exist in the county by
evidence (herbarium specimen, photograph). Also covers
those considered historical (not seen in 20 years).

State documented: never been
documented from the
county, but known from the state. May be present. Or,
may be restricted to a small area or a habitat (alpine,
marsh, etc.), so unlikely found in some
counties.

Note: when native and non-native
populations both exist in a county, only native status
is shown on the map.

North America Distribution

Facts About

The Chippewa gargled with American lop-seed tea or chewed the root to treat sore throat, and the Southern Ojibwa used this plant to treat rheumatism of the legs. Antimicrobial compounds have been isolated from American lop-seed.

Habitat

Floodplain (river or stream floodplains), forests

Characteristics

Habitat

terrestrial

New England state

Connecticut

Maine

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Vermont

Flower petal color

blue to purple

pink to red

white

Leaf type

the leaves are simple (i.e., lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets)

Leaf arrangement

opposite: there are two leaves per node along the stem

Leaf blade edges

the edge of the leaf blade has teeth

Flower symmetry

there is only one way to evenly divide the flower (the flower is bilaterally symmetrical)